Dr. Federica Pollastro graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies in 2005 at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Novara. She obtained a Ph.D. in Science of Bioactive Substances at the same University in 2008. Her interests are in the field of natural bioactive compounds from toxic, food, and narcotic plants for pharmaceutical and food use. Among the most significant results of her research are the characterization of enanthe toxins and their molecular target (work winner of the “PCA award” conferred by the Phytochemical Society of Europe and reported by National Geographic for the historical connections on the origin of sardonic rice), the isolation of new secondary metabolites from ragweed (work appeared in Science Editor’s Choice), the discovery of a new class of non-psychotropic cannabinoids, and the clarification of the structure of the bitter principles of genepy. She is currently an Associate Professor and teacher of the courses of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants, and in the program of the international Master Emotion at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Novara.